Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

This text is superb. It is thorough and comprehensive, seamless, clearly organized, and written in a clear and accessible style. It is especially remarkable for being both deeply scholarly and clinically useful at the same time; the authors provide the conceptual and knowledge base of this field along with wise and helpful clinical guidance. Throughout, the authors thoughtful, sensitive and knowledgeable approach to ill children comes through. This excellent text exemplifies the biopsychosocial approach in the very best sense of the term. --Arthur J. Barsky, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham & Women s Hospital

Since the first edition of the Clinical Manual was published thirteen years ago, interest in the field of pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry has continued to grow and the knowledge base has expanded considerably. With this timely second edition, Drs. Shaw and DeMaso have provided clinicians with a substantially updated version while retaining the practical, thorough, and user-friendly features that make the manual such a gem for anyone working with physically ill children and adolescents. --Gregory K. Fritz, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry provides a perspective on the development of modern consultation-liaison psychiatry that gives the reader an understanding of the history of the field and how it reflects and often anticipates advances in psychiatry and clinical care. The book is so thoroughly researched and referenced that it is a resource for both the clinician and researcher. It is remarkable for its clarity. Particularly useful are the definition of terms that hopefully will allow for more precision in the discussion of disorders associated with consultation-liaison psychiatry. The chapters on treatment adherence, family intervention and the preparation for procedures should have an audience far wider than that of psychiatrists and should be accessed by pediatricians, nurses, social workers and others who see and intervene with children and adolescents with a range of disorders seen under the umbrella of psychosomatic medicine. Shaw and DeMaso s Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry can now be considered the classic standard in the field of psychiatry and beyond. --Myron L. Belfer, M.D., MPA, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Now in a thoroughly updated second edition, Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry remains the only textbook in the field that provides a focused and useful clinical guide to the psychiatric and psychological assessment of physically ill children and adolescents. Covering all of the common clinical psychiatric consultation questions that arise in the pediatric hospital, this book is designed for both novice trainees approaching their first pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry rotations and advanced and experienced practitioners seeking information on psychopharmacological management of physically ill children. Chapters 1--4 provide an overview of pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry, including assessment principles and legal and forensic issues. Chapters 5--14 are devoted to specific psychiatric symptoms and disorders in physically ill children and adolescents. Chapters 15--18 address issues related to treatment and intervention. New to the second edition are discussions of catatonia, serotonin syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, autoimmune encephalitis, and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), as well as an overview of fabricated or induced illness symptoms.

Completely updated to reflect advances in research and treatment options, Clinical Manual of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry provides practitioners with concise and pragmatic ways of organizing the key issues that arise in psychiatric consultation with physically ill children and their families.